Plain Text Data Formats: CSV, JSON, XML, HTML, Fixed-Width, and more... compared and explained
A comparison of the most popular plain text data formats, including a discussion of their pros and cons, schema limitations, and whether they can be used for structured or unstructured data. This is a foundational concept of data analysis and more advanced applications of data science.
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0:00 Overview
1:05 What is Plain Text?
4:22 Create Plain Text Data
6:35 Save Plain Text Data to a File
8:40 Open a Plain Text File
10:44 About File Extensions in your Operating System
12:24 Fixed-Width Text Columns
18:03 Comma-Separated Values (CSV)
25:49 Javascript Object Notation (JSON)
32:54 eXtensible Markup Language (XML)
39:53 HyperText Markup Language (HTML)
